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'American Buffalo' Goes The Way of the Buffalo
The Broadway production of "American Buffalo" has posted a provisional closing notice and is likely to close on Sunday.

Playbill

* Barnes and Noble Will Welcome Fisher, Sedaris, Hoffman and White Christmas Cast in December
* Broadway to Dim Its Lights Nov. 20 in Honor of Late Clive Barnes
* Allen, Irons, Daly, Emond, Simmons and Begley Jr. Set for "Georgia O'Keeffe" TV Film
* Butler, Earley, Kennedy, O'Hara, Roberts and More Join Line-Up for Bacharach to the Future Benefit
* Casting Announced for Rare Revival of Bernstein's Peter Pan
* Symphony Space to Offer Dancing for Jerry: Memories of Jerome Robbins, with D'Amboise Family, Dec. 1
* Olivier Winner Friedman Will Celebrate The Great British Songbook in February 2009

TheaterMania

* Theater and Dance Critic Clive Barnes Dies at 81; Broadway to Dim Lights November 20
* D'Amboise Family, Mann, Tamblyn to Participate in Jerry Robbins Tribute

nytheatre.com

Review: Birdhouse Factory
Review: Five Kinds of Silence

An Angry White Guy in Chicago

DADA - She is a Bitch
The Relentless Taskmaster That is Anti-Art

Extra Criticum

Running From Reality
Last night I was one of several producers invited to attend a Job Forum hosted by the Producers Guild of America. These events are put together every few months to give an opportunity for members seeking work in a particular...

The First Performance of These Crazy Two Months
It is 5:10pm. I am about to go on for my solo show. I have done this show before, but not in this space and have never done the whole show in this space as well.I go on and the...

The Fortress of Jason Grote

Two NYC events: "Rebuilding Hope" and "London Cries"

The Playgoer

Time to Merge?
At least 100,000 nonprofits nationwide will be forced to close their doors in the next two years as a result of the financial crisis, according to Paul Light, professor of public service at New York University.

lies like truth

Wayfaring Stranger
I've just been on a business trip to Basel, Switzerland. I didn't think I'd have the time to take in any of this lovely, small city's culture during my workaholic week-long stay, much less catch a recital by Andreas Scholl, one of my favorite vocalists in the entire world.

The Guardian Performing Arts Blog

Carrie Dunn: West End Girl: Sunset Boulevard is ready for another closeup
The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical returns to Theatreland, Jason Donovan's Priscilla pals are confirmed and Douglas Hodge has a new show up his sleeve

Lyn Gardner: Speaking Shakespeare in tongues
As Footsbarn's A Midsummer Night's Dream proves, capturing the spirit of a play can be more important than enunciating every word

The Stage UK

* Top Of The Pops to return for two festive shows on Christmas Day and New Year's Eve
* La Clique extends its London run by 11 weeks

The Stage UK - Blogs

Mark Shenton: The dimming of a critical light on Broadway….
It’s not, of course, the business of critics to be liked, let alone loved. Yet the passing yesterday of Clive Barnes, at the age of 81, has provoked an outpouring of generous tributes: in a video on the New...

(Sorry we can’t) Imagine This
As I blogged a couple of months ago , it was always going to be a tough sell. Imagine This - the show which will forever be known as ‘the holocaust musical’ - opened at the New London Theatre...

Whatsonstage.com

Feature: Robyn Moore ... Eastender in the Southend
Robyn Moore is best known to the British public as Ex-Eastender Shirley Benson, but she is about to grace our stages as she opens in a powerful new Australian play, The Ides of March at the White Bear Theatre in Kennington. It runs from 25 November...

Food Poisoning Takes Josh Hartnett Out of Rain Man
Hollywood actor Josh Hartnett has been forced to miss four performances of Rain Man this week after contracting food poisoning. Producers say that he’ll be back on by tomorrow night. Hartnett’s last performance was on Monday nigh...

La Clique Extends at Hippodrome Ahead of Casino
International burlesque cabaret La Clique has extended its limited season at the London Hippodrome by two-and-a-half months to 19 April 2009, after which the historic Leicester Square venue may close once again as a public perform...

London Theatre Guide

La Clique extends at Hippodrome
Quirky variety show La Clique has extended its run at the Hippodrome until 19 April ahead of the Leicester Square venue’s proposed conversion into a casino.

First Night Feature: Imagine This
Imagine This: an original new musical opening in the West End, one not based on a book, a film or a band’s back catalogue, and not a transfer from Broadway. It has been a rare occurrence of late, but it happened last night at the New London theatre.